Arizona’s emergency medical system is on life support, suffering from a shortage of physicians, nurses and hospital beds, crippled by overcrowding, and ill-prepared to handle a large-scale crisis, according to a national study released

Commercial and residential growth in the Valley is measured in dollars and cents at Western National Bank, a locally owned and operated lending agency that is growing just as rapidly as the surrounding communities — maybe more so.

November 9, 2004

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is no longer a top cop — as far as the Sons of Italy are concerned. After listing the Maricopa County sheriff as one of the top Italian-American crime fighters in the last century, the Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group has disavowed "America’s Toughest Sheriff," the group announced Monday.

Why are the nearly 3,000 victims of 9/11 missing from an official federal registry of death?

WASHINGTON – When Gov. Jan Brewer asked private donors last year to help pay legal fees to defend the state and its controversial SB 1070 immigration law against lawsuits, thousands of Arizonans responded.

If actor Bob Sorenson were ever to have his own TV series, it would surely be titled, "Everybody Loves Bob."

A charter school with ties to Scottsdale is the third-best high school in the nation, according to Newsweek magazine’s list of the 100 best American high schools released Monday.

A charter school with ties to Scottsdale is the third-best high school in the nation, according to Newsweek magazine’s list of the 100 best American high schools released Monday.

I’m really getting tired of reading columnists who invoke the principles of the Founding Fathers as their touchstone, e.g. Linda Turley-Hansen, Oct. 13, 2012. Just which Founding Father is she referring to — Alexander Hamilton, who thought state governors should be appointed by Congress; James Madison, who didn’t think the Constitution needed a Bill of Rightsl; or Patrick Henry, who said he “smelt a rat” when asked why he declined to attend the Constitutional Convention?

Urban AZ’s first Spoken Word Showcase brings together a range of poetic performers, along with R&B artists Dwele and Bilal with a band, at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix.

JERUSALEM - Barbra Streisand has pulled out of Israel's 60th anniversary celebration next month because of "personal obligations."

One of the country’s largest alliances of Republican activists — as well as one of the most conservative — has gathered in Scottsdale this weekend to craft strategies for the 2006 elections.

One of the country’s largest alliances of Republican activists — as well as one of the most conservative — has gathered in Scottsdale this weekend to craft strategies for the 2006 elections.

 A Valley-based land brokerage firm recently bought up another local real estate company in an effort to strengthen its position amid a sagging housing market.

The East Valley is the premier hub for rapidly growing businesses in Arizona, according to the latest list of the nation’s fastest growing privately held companies compiled by Inc. magazine.

Arizona is fast-growing, livable, dumb, moldy, dangerous — and yet safe — according to the myriad of “best” and “worst” lists released by various organizations in 2006.

Less-educated police recruits can now apply at the Scottsdale Police Department, which this month waived its requirement of 60 college credits for new officers.

Less-educated police recruits can now apply at the Scottsdale Police Department, which this month waived its requirement of 60 college credits for new officers.

WASHINGTON - Bald eagles in the Sonoran Desert are officially threatened no more: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed them from the list of endangered and threatened species Friday.

A Chandler PostNet is among 11 of the national chain’s more than 850 shipping-service stores set up to help the computer-less or clueless hawk their discards via online auction site eBay.

LOUISVILLE, KY. - KFC’s fried chicken buckets soon will be stamped with a health message along with the famous likeness of its founder, Colonel Harland Sanders. The banner proclaims that its chicken has zero grams of trans fat per serving.

A company memo from Scottsdale-based Hunt Construction Group lays claim to Mesa’s Waveyard project, but both companies said the memo’s overzealous author simply made a wave out of a ripple.

September 11, 2004